Canada takes gold; more reasons to give your PC the finger, and Phillips knows who wears the pants in your family.

Many goodies from CES... *drool*

But first, for those of you who spent the weekend under a rock (or out of the country), Canada has won its fourth straight gold at the IIHF World Juniors and avenges its sole round-robin loss at the same time. It was another nail biter (not that I have any nails left... I am a Broncos fan, after all) 3-2 in OT.

Naples is up to its neck in garbage. Yep, all the landfills near the southern Italian city are full and residents now have no where to put their trash. They've been burning it instead, and the army has been called in to help shovel up the mess. I remember a couple of years ago when Toronto's garbage collectors went on strike and the city filled with rotting garbage. Then I laughed and thought about how the arrogant bastards had it coming. But seriously, Naples is too nice a place to be covered in garbage.

And now, on to CES. Cnet has a special site and feed devoted to this, check it out at ces.cnet.com. Some highlights so far...

Bill Gates delivered his keynote address with a look ahead to an age where computers can sense what you're doing, from hand gestures to the look on your face. So, go ahead, give your PC the finger, within the next decade, it may be able to understand you. Privacy nuts can start being paranoid due to their computer looking at them... now!

Much early buzz was generated about the Starry Night Technology Bed. Yep, not kidding. It's a bit like those Ultramatic beds you see in infomercials, but much cooler. One handy feature is that the bed can detect when you're snoring and tilt your side up to open your air ways. While that alone could save hundreds of marriages, the bed is also a fully tricked out entertainment center. Driven by a Windows Media Center PC with 1.5 TB(!) of storage, 4 GB of ram, surround speakers that pop out of the base, and a 1080p projector. Now, it does cost a fortune... $20 000 to 50 000, but with any luck that anti-snoring feature will make it into more affordable models.

Phillips is taking an interesting tack with its marketing. The company plans to make its gadgets appeal to women, saying that while men generally show more interest in technology, women are making most of the purchase decisions. Damn it, Phillips! You've discovered the embarrassing level to which we are all totally whipped! Blast!